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    LIVE From The Woods 2019 - Lets hear stories and see some pictures!

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, moog5050 said:

    Getting serious.  Brushed my teeth with activated charcoal toothpaste (which has been sitting unused for 6 months because it tastes like, well, charcoal).  Seemed like now would be a good time to try it - not sure why.  

    Brushed mine, too, but now saturating palette with large amounts of coffee.

    Still haven't gotten a deer! Seen a bunch. Optimistic about today because weather is good and without kid there I will be able to hang around longer.

    Huge Vanity Mirror

    in Non Hunting Items For Sale and Trade

    Posted

    5 hours ago, GreeneHunter said:

    I (like a fool ) often wanted to hang a mirror on a tree in the woods and hang a trail cam opposing it to see what kind of reaction animals would have to it ..... yeah sometimes I get Bored !  LOL

    This is actually a good idea. You could even put a mirror close in front of it like a rear view mirror to see in behind. Please do it.

    Hunter in Arkansas dies after deer attack

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, The_Real_TCIII said:

    The comments are predictable

    KARMA, etc. I'm sure these people would not post the same if a cattle rancher was killed by one of his cows.

    Waiting 30 minutes is nonsense. Poke it or, frankly, look at it. It's really not hard to tell if a deer is dead if you look at its face. My guess is since it was clearly a buck (this wouldn't happen with a doe), he came up from behind and surprised it, so it attacked. Not a fun way to go, though.

    Hunting lease

    in General Hunting

    Posted

    Nothing close to Rochester, NY exists for leasing. $20/acre would be a dream. If it exists it's locked down for years for sure. I'd happily pay $40/ acre or even more for 25 decent acres to myself on any of the thousands of parcels that exist where the suburbs start to end and rural starts.

    LIVE From The Woods 2019 - Lets hear stories and see some pictures!

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted

    Ugh.

    8:30 about 10 doe of varying sizes come under stand. Nice little column of them. I cannot get a shot. Just too many eyes.

    A few minutes later I hear for the first time ever the sound of a fawn. Three deer come along, one of which is a fawn, and it makes its little fawn noises.

    10 min or so later I see a doe and two fawn walking in the distance. Too far, walking away from me. For the first time ever I called a deer in. Using my flextone, I made the same quick fawn sounds. Just a few of them. The deer changed course, got to about 50 yards away and spent a good 45 minutes looking at my tree, blowing, running a few yards, jerking around in the brush, blowing, looking at me. Could not believe it never ran! Finally it walks off, I fawn again, then it repeats the same thing for a few min. Finally it starts to make its way to me! Very slowly, very cautiously, but it gets to 25 yards and presents broadside, but a stick is in the way so I don't draw. I think it's going to keep moving at me so I wait, while the two younger ones are directly under my tree eating and what not. Unfortunately one of the young ones finally gets wise to me, looks up, and after a few min of stamping around it blows and runs off and that's that.

    So, still no deer! Interesting morning, though.

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    Spy points new cell cam

    in Trail Camera Reviews and Info

    Posted

    These were $99 after rebate in September at Dicks. I seriously thought of getting one because the benefits of a cell cam are obvious. Reviews were very mixed. I saw too high a percentage of people saying it failed to trigger or setup issues or whatever, I just couldn't bring myself to get one. 

    Would you shoot a piebald deer ?

    in General Chit Chat

    Posted

    I can say I would because I drew on a very white one a couple of weeks ago. She was clever and saw me, bobbed her head for a min or so, and was off. In retrospect I can truly say I'm glad I didn't because a) now somebody else can see it and, b) i subsequently figured out that the guy's land I'm hunting his wife liked this deer, so I think she wouldn't have been happy to hear I had hit it ;)

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    2019 Rut Observations And Activity.

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Biz-R-OWorld said:

    I read a NY article talking about 2019 not being like 2017&2018. 

    2017 and 2018 had 2-prong chasing- one early around halloween and then late november. 

    Whereas, 2019 will be a shorter burst but much more noticeable activity. It mentioned 11/12 and how the gun season is only 4 days from that on 11/16.

    Another friendly reminder to gun guys that they should buy xbows and get in on this!

    Is that article accurate do you think? I mean has it been in the past...?

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    Broadheads.

    in Bow Hunting

    Posted

    3 hours ago, left field said:

    Has anyone used Strickland Helix? Single bevel (right or left) that works in conjunction with your fletching to rotate the arrow in flight and upon contact. Apparently you have to back rotate them to remove from a target.

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    http://www.stricklandsarchery.com/helix.aspx

    Interesting idea. I wonder if the proof is in the pudding (e.g. point of impact consistency). Aiding stability from the front does make some sense.

    First Self Filmed Bow Kill (Public Land Doe)

    in Deer Hunting

    Posted · Edited by Core

    Well done. What is your filming situation? go pros stuck on tree....? Is it a hassle chasing the deer around with it before the shot? Last year I mounted my iphone on my xbow and got a video of a deer except of course the release of the arrow caused so much vibration the video sucked. I feel like some head-mounted gopro pointing in the direction of the deer would work well.

     

    BTW get yourself a lighted nock. It is a must have and particularly with video you could look back and see exactly where you hit it before recovery.

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